Copy print photograph of the “Scottsboro Boys”: Museum Object and Cultural History
Copy print photograph of the “Scottsboro Boys”: Date: ca. 1931-1932. Photograph by: Keystone View Company, American, 1892 - 1972. Published by: Associated Press, American, founded 1846.
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An early copy print black-and-white group photograph of the nine “Scottsboro Boys," surrounded by armed guards.
The group of young Black boys is pictured outdoors, with a line of white, uniformed guards holding long guns behind them. Pictured from left to right is: Clarence Norris, 19; Olen Montgomery, 17; Andrew Wright, 19; Willie Roberson, 17; Ozie Powell, 16; Eugene Williams, 13; Charlie Weems, 19; Leroy Wright, 13; and Haywood Patterson, 18. All are dressed in dark clothing, some in thick sweaters and trousers, others in baggy dungarees and jackets, all holding their hats. On the verso is a Keystone stamp as well as a caption typewritten on adhered white paper: [THE NINE NEGROES CONCERNED IN THE SCOTTSBORO TRIAL / KEYSTONE].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1931-1932
- Photograph by: Keystone View Company, American, 1892 - 1972
- Published by: Associated Press, American, founded 1846
- Subject of: Haywood Patterson, American, 1912 - 1952
- Subject of: Ozie Powell, American, born 1916
- Subject of: Andy Wright, American, born 1912
- Subject of: Roy Wright, American, 1918 - 1959
- Subject of: Willie Roberson, American
- Subject of: Charlie Weems, American, born 1911
- Type: black-and-white prints
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (image): 7 11/16 × 9 5/8 in. (19.5 × 24.5 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
- Place captured: Scottsboro, Jackson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Law
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Race discrimination
- Topic: Race relations
- Object number: 2021.16.9.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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